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Early Reading Activities

Color coding goes beyond just highlighting the vowel and vowel combinations in color. Each color highlight is deliberately chosen so the name of the color contains the sound which that particular color represents. Learn More

Greeting card felt (flocking) is used to make velvety, touch-sensitive letters, which invite children to touch and trace the shapes of the letters. Spiral-bound (coil). Printed on cardstock, 56 pages. Learn More

Hearing middle sounds can be challenging for young children. After naming the pictures, use this set of 42 picture cards in oral language games. Listen for the short vowel sound in the middle of the word. Later, use with your Movable Alphabet. Learn More

Complement the Sandpaper Letters with a unique title that integrates touch, sight, and sound for children in the first stages of reading. Velvety flocked letters invite them to trace! Includes game and activity ideas. Spiral-bound cardstock, 56 pages. Learn More

Save when you order both titles! These Montessori classroom favorites employ velvety greeting card felt (flocking) to make letters and numbers children will want to touch and trace. An integrated sensory activity. Learn More

Each packet contains three-letter phonetic words with short vowel sounds. The cards in each packet are grouped to avoid common letter confusions, such as b and d. 5 packets of 6 sets of three-part cards (90 cards in all). Learn More

This first independent reading activity allows children to experience an "ah-ha" moment when they discover they can understand someone else's thoughts. 30 objects and durable, waterproof labels; 2½" x 1".
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There’s no such thing as too many ways to practice phonetic reading! Designed by a Montessori teacher, this smaller version of the traditional Montessori phonetic word cards offers multiple levels of challenge. 62 cards. Learn More

Introduce combinations of letters/sounds (such as sh or ee), by placing one of these small objects with its word label in a set of phonetic objects. The word for each object contains one of the key phonogram sounds.
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An economical version of a key material the Montessori classroom simply cannot do without. These small alphabet cards provide the same bridge between the intellectual formation of words and pencil-writing as the traditional cut-out alphabets do, at a fraction of the cost. Learn More